Spring.



W. Sl.l HODGBS.

SPRING.

APPLICATION mmm JAN.3,1911;

,013,7774. u Patented Jan.2,1912.

narran ergere@ entranti" ernten..

TILLIAM S. HOIDGES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO THEBALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SPRING.

Ilfatentied Jan. 2, 1912.

serial No. 600,632.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. Trentini ttl. Honoris, a citizen oli the `United States, rlimiiling in Philadelphia, Alei'insylvania, have invented Certain .lniprm'ements in Springs, o't whieh the 'following a speeitieation.

The object o't' this invention is to provide means for so eoupling the clip t0 the end ot the spring that it will. loe held rigidly thereon without the use of bolts, rivets or other :tasteninga [n the aeeonipanying drawings :--F igure 1. .is a. side View7 partly in seetion, o'tE a semi-elliptic spring illustrating my improvement; Fig. 2, is an enlarged end view of the spring; Fig. 3, is 'a view of a portion oit the spring; Fig. 4f, is a detached sectional View oit the. elip; Fig. 5, is a perspective View of one end et the spring, and Fig. t3, is a detached perspective view ot' the clip.

A. is the spring made up ot' a series ot leaves held together by the :entral band I3 in the ordinary manner. Mounted on each end o'lf the spring are elips C ol the .torni illustrated clearly in Fig. (l. In order to prevent; the elips` ,trom moving' longitudinally on tl @a spring they nmst he attaehed in some manner to one or more ot the plates of the spring' and the plates must. also have a rei-tain amount oit.2 independent movement. Each Clip, in the present instance, is made, as shown in Fig. (l, having' depending' V[langes eme, whieh extend down on eaell side ol the spring. The upper plate (a olf the springl terminates .short ot' the end7 while the seeond plate. o', in the present, instanee, is longer lhan the other plates otl the spring' and is turned upto l'orm a llanee (if. 'the parts are so proportioned that there is a spaee lel't hetneen the end ot the top plate and the [lan-ie fr. termine1 a ytransverse reeess.

rl`he ehp C has a depending lip if. wha-h lis o't.: sui-h a width that it will it snuglyy in the reeesis of lformed hy the two plates o Vi/ Iand the elip \\ill thus he prevented trom movingY longitudinally on the spring', -vet the leaves or plates ol thi` spring will he lfree to have their independent ymovement.

In the present instanee the elip has an opening' e2 whieh alinesl with the openingA e in the ends of the springs and the upper suritaee ol the elip has a transverse `e'roovt: to receive, a pin. This type olI spring` is directly under the loi-.emotive and the end olf the spring is slotted Vtor the passage ot a link whieh eonneets the spring' with the equali'zling` gear and the reeess f receives the trans\i'erse pin troni whieh the link is suspended trom the spring. ln other types of springs the shape ot the elip may he lnoditied and instead of lieveling,r the elip and the end of the springl the link may have an open eenter; being shaped so as to pass down on eaeh side olf the spring. The eross memher ot the lint( terms the pi\otA 'l'roin'whieh it is suspended and in some in stanees the side [langes o ot the clip may lie more or less extended, depending` eonsiderm ahly lipon the use tor \\'hieh the spring` is intended.

'.lhe main t'entnre olE the invention is the eoupling' hy whieh the i-lip is preventetl .trom movingl longitudinally on the sprinej ln some instanees, it may lie neeessary to provide t'he elip with a. tapered lip e and in that event the tirs-t or seeond Ieat' ot: the springr may he eut away and the third memher turned up.

l elaini:

l'he eomhnation o't a spring made up o" a series ol leave-4. the top leat stopping; short otl the end elf the spring. the seeond leal heine* longer than the spring and tnrned up a. distanee troni the end ot the top leal. Iorming a transverse reeess` :telip havingy side langes extending' on eaeh side olt the spring', and a. transverse dependin; lip at the outer end shaped to enter thi-` reress hetween the end ot the top lent ol' the spring; and the llang'e.

ln testimonyr ivheieol'7 l have signed my name to this speeiteation. in the presence otA t\\o suhserihinler witnesses.

Witnesses:

lln. ll. Hillier-1, Wn. linu. 

